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Recognised as Colour

#1E60EA

  • #1E60EA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Royal blue

#1E60EA is a blue with RGB values 30, 96, 234 and HSL 221°, 83%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Royal blue.

Colour values

#1E60EA#1E60EA
HEX#1E60EA
RGBrgb(30, 96, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.1176, 0.3765, 0.9176
RGB percentages11.8%, 37.6%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(220.6, 82.9%, 51.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.6, 87.2%, 91.8%)
CMYK87.2%, 59%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer1,990,890
CSS custom property--colour: #1E60EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14582WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness109.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.36:1
Contrast with white5.36:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#5C5C5C
Inverted#E19F15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0074EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0062E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00849Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.36:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.92:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Royal blue · ΔE 11.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 14.9Slate blue · ΔE 17.6Medium purple · ΔE 27.1Dodgerblue · ΔE 28.7Rebecca purple · ΔE 32.2
Nearest named CSS colourRoyal blue (#4169E1)ΔE 11.59, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAA81E
Analogous#1EC6EA, #421EEA
Triadic#EA1E60, #60EA1E
Split complementary#EA421E, #C6EA1E
Tetradic#EA1EC6, #EAA81E, #1EEA42

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9E4FB
Lighter +30%#AAC3F7
Lighter +20%#7BA2F3
Lighter +10%#4D81EE
Darker −10%#124BC3
Darker −20%#0E3994
Darker −30%#092766
Darker −40%#051537
More saturated +25%#0959FF
Less saturated −25%#3D6BCB

Channel breakdown

R30
G96
B234
Red30 (11.8%)
Green96 (37.6%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue220.59°
Saturation (HSL)82.93%
Lightness51.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 1E · G 60 · B EA

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